Howard R. Lamar

Howard Roberts Lamar (born November 18, 1923) is a historian of the American West. In addition to being Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University since 1994, he served as Acting President of Yale University from 1992 to 1993.[1]

Howard R. Lamar
21st President of Yale University (Acting)
In office
1992–1993
Preceded byBenno C. Schmidt, Jr.
Succeeded byRick Levin
Personal details
Born (1923-11-18) November 18, 1923
Tuskegee, Alabama
Alma materYale University, Emory University

Biography

He was born in 1923 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.,[2] and was drawn into history in part by his rich family history which includes two United States Supreme Court justices and the second president of the Republic of Texas. He received his B.A. from Emory University in 1945 and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1951.[3] He was president of Yale from 1992 to 1993, and since 1994 has been a Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale.[1]

The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders at Yale University was established in his honor.[1]

Bibliography

  • Dakota Territory, 1861–1889
  • The Cruise of the Portsmouth, 1845–1847
  • The Far Southwest, 1846–1912: A Territorial History
  • The Trader on the American Frontier: Myth’s Victim
  • The New Encyclopedia of the American West
  • Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography

See also

Notes

  1. Gould, Lewis L. (2000). "Howard Roberts Lamar" in Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945–2000, pp 84-97.
  2. Rutland, R.A. (2000). Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000. University of Missouri Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780826213167. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  3. http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/autumn2000/west.html

References

Academic offices
Preceded by
Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
President of Yale University
1992–1993
Succeeded by
Rick Levin
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